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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH S. WINSOR, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

MACHINE FOR MAKING WEAVERS-HARNESS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 12,175, dated January 2, 1855; Beissued February To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH S. \VINSOR, of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Making Weavers Harness, of which the following is a full,'clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1, is an end view; Fig. 2, a frontelevation; Fig. 3, a top view; Fig. 4L, a vertical section taken at the line A, a, of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, another vertical sect-ion taken at the line B, Z), of Fig. 3; Fig. 6, sections of the spool carrier and spool on an enlarged scale; Fig. 7, sections on an enlarged scale of the switch cam; and Fig. 8, separate view on an enlarged scale of the heddles.

My invention is of a machine for forming and tying weavers, lease heddles of two twines by a continuous operation which ties. the two knots to form the eye, and a knot at each end around the bands, the same twines forming any number of heddles in succession and all connected; and although the said machine can readily make heddles withoutwhat is called the lease, yet an essential part of my invention relates to the making of lease harness, as they are termed,

which is essential in drawing in the web in mounting looms, that is in passing; the warp threads through the eyes of the heddles. \Vhat is termed the lease in harness is having the two twines which form each eye at one end on one side of the corresponding shaft or rod, and at the other end one on each side of the other shaft or rod, which has the effect to keep the eyes of the several heddles in proper relation to each other, thereby greatly facilitating the operation of drawing in the web.

In the accompanying drawing'A represents a suitable frame which may be varied to suit the judgment of the constructor. At the bottom of the frame are four spools a, a a a, mounted horizontally on a rod, which carry the four twines that constitute the two bands b if, of the harness, each band consisting of two twines. The two twines for each band pass under pressure springs c 0 and thence through hollow vertical studs 8', and s and secured to a bar 412, above the machine, adapted to slide on a vertical standard (Z7, the bar being provided with a clamp nut 61,

which embraces a vertical feed screw U,@

by which the bar is gradually and regularly carried up with the two bands as the heddles are tied onto them. And the required motion is imparted to the feed screw,

f, so that the attendant can, at any time,

disengage the clutch bore to stop the feed motion. The gearing for imparting the feed motion may be varied at pleasure, and if desired, it may be provided with intermediate shifting wheels to vary the feed for finer or coarser heddles.

As the heddles are formed in succession and tied to "the bands, they are drawn up by the upward motion of the bar, and onto the two slats on rods 6 6 of the harnessl "These two slats are temporarily screwed by their upper ends to a clamp b secured to the frame of the machine, and there" held over the two studs through which the bands pass. And to the lower end of these slats or rods, are temporarily attached metal beaks 6, 12 which are slightly curved outward and pointed, the points extending down to, and by the side of t-hestems on the first and fifth studs through which the bands pass, so that during the progress of forming the heddles they are gradually drawn onto the two slats.

And when the required number of heddles have been formed the slats are taken out of the clamp,

and the beaks removed, the heddles being completely mounted on the slats.

The two twines g 9 to form the heddles, are carried by two spools it, h

mounted on two spool stands 2 2 each' provided with a standard by the side of the spool, through which the twine passes on the way to an eye in the top of the spindle on which the spool turns. A spring on the stand makes pressure on the twine to prevent it from giving out too freely.

The base of each spool stand is oval with a projecting flange on each side of the bottom as at 2'. And these flanges are fitted flanges i of the spool stands.

between the several collars of the studs pathway for the spool stands all around .each of the collars on the studs with the groove j, on each side to receive the two The space should be equal to the space'between the collars and the plate 0, that the spool stand may pass between any two of the collars. The oval form is given to the spool stands to enable them to travel in this curved track.

The spool stands are made to travel in their peculiar path by means of two carriers T and T one for each spool stand, and placed immediately below them. The path of the carriers corresponds with the path of the spool stands; but made in a plate D, below the plate C, and between this plate D, and a corresponding set of collars is, on the studs .9 to 8 The edge of this plate and the collars is, form a tongue which is embraced by two sets of flanges Z, Z", on the carriers.

The lease of the carriers, embraced between the plate and the collars, as well as the two flanges, is of a form nearly elliptical, or rather formed by two segments of circles united at their chords, and the body is of a corresponding form.

The upper part of the carriers fit into cavities in the under part of the spool stands in the following manner, viz: Each carrier is provided with two flippers, as they are termed, that is two pieces m m which are fitted to slide vertically in cavities made therefor and provided with helical springs 01., n, the tension of which constantly forces them upward to the position represented in Fig. 6, and they are prevented from being forced higher by check pins 0 0 The upper ends of these flippers are beveled oflf on opposite sides from the center, thus forming points which enter the two corresponding cavities of the spool stand, so

that as the carriers and the spool stand travel along their path, by means of a suitable instrument, to be presently described, the twines can be made to pass between the carriers and spool stands, the said instrument with the twine in it, first depressing one of the flippers while the connection continues by means of the other, and when the first flipper is forced back to its original position, the other is depressed. In this way the spool stands, and carriers pass the twines for the purpose of tying the knots,

without breaking the connection between the spool stands and the carriers from which they derive motion Motion is imparted to the carriers T, and T by means of chucks p, one on each wheel, and each chuck consists of two arms on opposite sides of the axis with a recess or fork at the end of each to receive a central pin at the lower end of the carriers. These chucks are attached to the hollow arbors of a corresponding set of spur wheels 6, b 6*, b b fitted to turn on the five studs, and resting on permanent collars 0, 0 0 0, 0 on the lower end of the studs, or instead thereof, resting on the surface of the plate E, to which the studs are attached. The two spur wheels Z), 6 mesh into each other, and receive motion from a wheel I on a vertical shaft E, which engages a spur wheel Z2 on the hollow arbor of the wheel 6, thus causing the two wheels 6, and b", to turn in o posite directions as well as the corresponc ing chucks connected therewith.

It is necessary at certain parts of the operation, to make what is called the lease in the heddles to reverse the motion of the chucks carried by the two wheels Z2 and b and this is effected by having another spur wheel 6 on the arbor of the wheel b which engages a wheel I on the shaft E. two wheels I, and 1 run loose on the shaft and are alternately clutched with the shaft by means of a sliding clutch H, fitted to slide in the shaft and attached to a rod 9, fitted to the inside of the shaft and extend ing down below it, .where it is provided with a collar embraced by one end of a lever 1", turning on a stud pin on a hanger M, attached to the front of the frame (see Fig. 2). By this means when the lever is lifted up the clutch engages the wheel I and when depressed, the wheel 1 is liberated and the wheel I, is clutched, which reverses the motions of the two wheels 2) b and the chucks connected therewith. The lever receives the required motions from the periphery of a cam J, on the shaft G, which makes one revolution while the ma chine makes two heddles. The cam rotates in the direction of the arrow, and when the projection .9 reaches the acting face of the lever it elevates it and clutches the wheel 1 and keeps it clutched until the projection passes, at which time the lever and clutch, if desired, may be depressed by a spring or weight, to clutch the wheel I; but I prefer to make this motion more positive by means of a pin on the face of the cam wheel (rep resented by dotted lines in Fig. 4), which acts on a lip projecting from a piece t, at tached to the lever. In this way the reversed motion is given at the periods required, as will be presently described.

The spur wheel I), engages the wheel I), which in turn engages the Wheel 6, and

The

these receive motion constantly in the same direction from the same shaft E, by a spur wheel I with an intermediate wheel represented by dotted lines in Fig. 3. p In beginning the operation the spools should be placed, the one T, in front of the stud S, and the other T in front of the stud S as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3. And the twine from each spool is attached by a simple knot around the corresponding band 6 and what I term a stem. There are two of thestems a u one on the upper end of each of the studs S, and S They are inserted in the bore of the studs, and project upward and gradually brought to a point, and are cut out at the side to permit the bands 6 b, to pass through. The machine being put in'motion, the spool carrier T, with its spool stand and spool is carried around to the right by the chuck p, on the stud S,'and when it gets between this stud and the next stud 8*, the chuck on the wheel biengages it, and just at that time the clutch H, is shifted from the wheel P, to I, which reverses the motion of the wheel I), and b and with'them the-chucks that operate the carrier. At the same time a switch C is inserted in the position representedat Fig. 3to close the path of the carrier back of its present position. This is effected by a fillet'cam w projecting from "the face of the cam J. The switch is attached to the upper end of a lever L, that turns on a fulcrum pin y, so freely that it can vibrate freely in any direction. The lower arm of the lever is provided with a pin 2, which, at this time,'bears on the inner periphery of the fillet cam which is cut through for the passage of this pin, at a a and on one side-0f each passage there is an inclined lip which acts on the pin and forces it through. During this-partof the operation the pin on the lever is carried from the inside to the outside which forces in the switch to the position represented in Fig. 3, so that the carrier can not go back while the wheels and chucks are reversed, and therefore it passes around the second stud 8, once and a half, by which time it reaches a position between the second and third studs, and to do this it forces out of the way a spring switch C, which is so hung in the path of the carrier as to close the path at that place to prevent the carrier from passing it in the opposite direction, but not in the direction described.

In the first half of the revolution of the carrier around the second stud the twine' from the spool passes over the top of the second stud, and against a finger hanging down from the end of'an arm V which finger at this time is lying in a groove at the 'carrier'T starting from its position in front 'of stud S passes around to the left-and 'b'elever a, which is drawn in one direction by the tension-of a springic to keep the finger in its groove, and in the opposite direction by a cam projection d on thecam B. This lever is in turn connected bya link c with :a correspondingarm W -on the other side hav-' ing a corresponding finger to act against the fourth stud on the other side and toeifecta like purpose in reference to the other twine.

After the carrier has passed aroundyduring its first revolution, beyond the second stud, and while the thread is 'stretchedyfrom the finger to thespoo'l it is caught by a hook g on theend of an arm lV w'hich catches drawn back, after the passage of-thecam,

by the spring 723 There is acorresponding hook on the arm W on the other side to perform the corresponding operation with the other twine, and these two'are connected together by links i i with the opposite ends of a lever a sothat the arm will receive its motions from the arm This ihaving been effected the carrier passes around the second stud again as before-stated to wind the twine once around the finger on the arm:

W r I p During the operations already described with reference to the carrier T and its :spool 'and'twine, the other'carrier T with its spool and twine, has been performing corresponding operations on the other side with-the exception of the reverse motions of the wheels and chucks on the first and second studs, and these we Will now trace. The

tween the fifth and the fourth studs. Atithis time a switch '0 which lies in the 'path, is shifted to the right to close'the path around the fifth stud, to compel the carrier'to }be caught by the chuck on the fourth stud, and to pass around and back of the fourth stu'd,

performing the like offices as the correspond ing ones/on the other side. The switch '0 above named, is on the upper end of anrarm Q, which is acted upon by a cam 1H, ('see Fig. 7) on the shaft G, the lever being kept against the cam bythe tension of a spring in the usual manner, but not seen in the drawings. Now "then, the two threads being drawn by the two hooks on the arms W W and extending from the fingers on the two cams W and W with the hooks over the middle or third stud, these two threads are to be taken and drawn down to form two square loops of'sufiicient size to permit the spools and spool stands to pass through them to form the knots. This is done by means of an instrument whi ih-1dc the finger and hook on the arms W and W nominate the double depresser; Gt-Pon the upper end of a spindle 7' fitted to. the bore of the middle or third stud. This depresser consists of two wings projecting on opposite sides of the spindle, and at the upper end thereof. The outer end of each has a fi nger k which, as the spindle is turned comes one against the second, and the other against the fourth stud, to limit the extent of motion in that direction. The under face of each arm is grooved radially to receive the twines in the operation of depressing, and the inner and outer ends of each arenot'ched to receive and guide the twine in the operation. In the position of the partsfbefore described, the spindle of the double depresser is made to turn to bring the two wings each over one of the twines drawn from its appropriate finger to the hook, and when this is done-the entire depresser is drawn down and carriers pass the wingsof the'depressel.

These motions'are imparted tolthe spindle of the depresser by the following means. There is a collar at the lower end of the spindle, which is embraced by-the forked end of a lever P ,-and thislevericarries a 'pin 1 which is acted upon bya cam E :1

the shaft D to depress the spindle, and

"after the cam has passedflthe lever -is' elevated by a spring m this lever is jointed another leve r a the And on the top-r of outer'end of which-fits in a: slot in a short "arm o -at the lower end of the "spindle, -This lever 12 is=acted upon in "one direct on by a spring to turn back the-depresser at the end of the operation, and in'the opposite 45- direction by means of a cam 79: on jthe shaft D to turn the spindle 'andcarry-tlre"wings over the twines preparatoryto the depress ing operation, which takes place; afterwards,-

and as the lever for turning is on the lever for depressing the spindle, 'tl1e--two ,operations can be performed in successionon the spindle. I

The depresser having formed the two loops one on the left with the twine from the spool of the carrier T and the other the carrier T it becomes necessary that each twine should pass through its own loop to form the knot, and then that the twine from the spool of carrier T should pass through, the loop of the twine from the spool of carrier- T to be tied therein when the knot is drawn tight, and that the same operation should be 7 performed by the twine from the spool of carrier T to complete the eye of the heddle with the twoknots one at each end, These operations are thus performed; when the motions of the carriers ands ool stands were last described, they were left, the one T in front of the second stud and the other T back of the fourth stud. From these positions the spool carrier T passes through the loop of its own'twine and thence back of the middle studa switch 0 having been shifted to close the path that leads back of the second stud and to open the path back of the third stud, the carrier is directed around and passes back of the third stud. This switch 0 is on the upper end of a le ver N acted upon by a cam I, on the shaft G. The lever is acted upon in the opposite direction by a spring in the usual manner, not shown in the drawing. There is a corresponding lever N acted upon in like manner by the cam I, which lever carries a corresponding switch 0 which performs a like office for the carrier T on the other side of the middle stud and in consequence while the carrier T has been passing through the loop on the left, and thence around and back of the middle stud, the carrier T has been passing through the loop on the right side, and around in front of the middle stud. They both continue their motions in opposite directions, and carrier T passes its spool through the loop of the other twine on the right, while the spool of carrier T passes its spool through the loop on the left. In this way, it will be seen that each twine has been carried through its own loop to form the knots, and then each through the loop of the other twine. In this state of things the depresser begins to rise to liberate the two twines that the two knots thus forn'ied may be drawn tight to complete the -eye of the heddle, and as the depresser rises of thefifth, the switch 0 in that path having been carried back to the position represented in Fig. 3 by the action of the spring as before described. And in the meantime carrier T with its spool, has passed around the backof the second stud, and between the second and first, to the front of the first stud. By the time the carriers have reached these positions the double depresser has been elevated and the twines composing the two knots and the eye continue to be held by the two hooks-Vi and and the-fingers V and W and the two twines are respectively stretched from the knots through which they were passed, the one from the spool of carrier T back of and against the stem w, on the upper end of the fifth stud, and the other from the spool of carrier T in front of and against the stem 20, on the upper end of the first stud; As the carrier T passes around the outside of, and to. the

front of the fifth stud, its twine passes outside of the band 6 that passes through that stud, and in so passing it is brought against a hook g which at the time is lyingnear to the stem, and by which the twine is caught brating lever 1", that turns on fulcrum pins W, and their rear ends are provided with Wrist pins which are acted upon by the cams B and B on the shaft G to carry the hooks out-ward from the first and fifth studs; and after the cams have passed, the levers are drawn back, to carry the hooks back toward the studs, by springs r W. The arbors are surrounded by helical springs r, r, the tension of which tend to turn the arbors in one direct-ion, so that the. hooks will liberate the twines, and they are turned intlie opposite direction, to hook and insure the holding of the twines, by a small spur v on each arbor, which as the levers begin to and P move outward, strikes against a fixed stud r As before stated, the two carriers having carried the twines around these two hooks they move outward, at the same time turning to insure the holding of the twines and draw them out in a straight line from the stems, and under two single depressers V and V which are grooved on their under faces for the same purpose as the wings of the double depresser. These depressers have each a vertical stem on the inner end, grooved to act as a guide to the twine during the depressing operation; and the outer end is bent up at right angles as at o, and then bent over at the upper end to form a vertical bar adapted to slide vertically in suitable'ways in the frame; the object of this form is to leave an open space in which the hook lies during the depressing operation. The lower end of the two depressers are connected with two corresponding levers P and P provided with stud pins acted upon by two corresponding cams P After the cams have passed, the levers with the depressers are elevated by springs P and P. By theaction of the cams the depressers are carried down to the same level described with reference to the double depresser and for the same purpose, that is each to form the appropriate twine in the form of a square loop through which the spool stand and spool can pass to carry each twine throughits. own loop to form a vknot-when liberated and drawn tight, the

horizontalpart of the depre'sser alternately"; depressing the flippers in the carriers to] enable the spool stand to pass above, andthe'f carrier below, while the twoicontinue to be in connection that the spool stand may con-- tinue to be carried by the carrier,

The two depressers having been depressed,

and the two loopsformed, the carriers cause i their spools to travel once more around thefirst and the fifth stud,to:pass through the loops and bring, the carrier T between studs four and five, and carrier T between studs one and two; and during the last described motion of the spool carriers, the two depressers have'been elevated to their original position, the slack in the twines produced by the elevation of the depressers being drawn out by the continued'motion of" the spools. When the description of theoperations for forming the loops at'the-ends of the heddle was commenced,the two twines were left around the two fingers W 7?, and

hooks W W, with the eye and the=two knots not yet completed, and the two hooks over the spindlesfiof the double depresser,

and the two fingers one against the second,

and the other against thefourth stud. In closing the eye and drawing the knots tight a considerable length of twine must be drawn out, and somewhat quickly to efiect' the operation properly. onward motion of the two spools, p'artly'by the outward motion of'the two rocking hooks, and finally by the downward motion of the two singledepre'ssers. To effect the completion of the eye and the knots at each end,

the two fingers (V W are carried gradually towards each other by the mechanism already described, until they come within a distance which determines the length of'the 1 eye. The two knots are still one around one finger and one hook, and the other jaround the other finger and the other hook; ;But before the two fingers approach, the: :wings of the double depressermust swing around out of the way, which is done by" turning the spindle, .the cam being so formed !as to give this motion at the'required time. So soon as the fingers have been brought'to gtheir inward position the two hooks W W, ,are permitted, by the mechanism before described, to be carried outward, until, they ;reach their original position preparatory to ianother operation. This leaves the two knot's still on the two fingers, the points of which are conical, that the knots may be gradually closed as they are discharged therefrom by an instrument called the discharger :v The forward end of this discharger is flat, to extend over the surface of the twines composing the eye, and its rear end embraces and is adapted to slide on the end of a lever X, that turns on a fulcrum pin at and the rear arm of the lever is This is done partly by the acted upon by a tappet 02 ,011 the back of the cam wheel B (see Fig. 9) which depresses the forward end of the lever to effect the discharge; and asthesforward end is depressed the discharger is forced forward, to get between the previously formed heddle, and completely over the eye to be discharged, by its rear end striking against an inclined cam face 00 And as the tappet passes away the lever is drawn up and the discharger drawn back. by a. springm at Y one just inside of the first stud and the.

other just inside of the fifth stud. The lower jaw is formed on the forward end of a bar, adapted to slide in suitable ways on the frame, and the upper aw y is a spring, the rear end of which is attached to the bar of the lower jaw; and the bar of the lower jaw has an inclined plane at y and at this parta stem 3 attached to the frame, by a long shank, lies between the two jaws so that as the jaws are drawnback they are opened by the inclined plane sliding on the stem which forces up the upperspring jaw, and as they are moved forward they continue open and the stem permits them'to close only toward the end of the forward motion to take hold of and grip the twine.

They are moved back, to liberate a previously held twine, by the action of a lever y, acted upon in one direction by a tappet and in the opposite direction by a spring 9. WVhen the lever is acted upon by the tappet, its upper arm strikes against a shoulder on the bar of the lower jaw and moves it back. The upper end of this lever is beveled, as represented in Fig. 4, and the bar of the lower jaw has a corresponding inclined plane at which rests on the end of the lever, so that when the lever is operated by the tappet to draw back the bar of the pincers their forward end is depressed, and as the tappet passes and permits the upper end of the lever to be returned or move forward by the tension of the spring y, the bevel of the arm comes in contact with the inclined plane 3 which rests thereon and as the pincers are carried forward to grip a new twine, by the tension of a spring 1/ attached to the frame at 1 and to a stem on the bar of the pincersat their forward end is depressed by the action of the inclined plane on the beveled end of the lever. In this way the pincers are brought down to the proper line to catch the twine, which at the time is held down on the top of the studs.

The pincers having gripped the twines to hold fast all the workthat has been completed, the two single depressers are permit ted to rise gradually as the twines are drawn off during the operation of forming the eye of the next heddle, which is done by the process already described; and as soon as the depressers are elevated the two rocking hooks are drawn back by their springs, and

j the backing off of the cams, and at the end of their back motion rock back to liberate the twines which are tied and drawn tight around the bands.

As the carriers T and T are returning to their original position and forming the eye for the next heddle, they both move exactly in the same track and perform precisely the same operations in the reverse direction throughout, with the following exception: WVhen the carrier T with its spool, has completed its part of the operation of formin the new eye, and is moving from back of the second stud and between it and thefirst, instead of moving thence around in front of the first stud, as carrier T did in the first described operation, it is reversed and carried back of, and around the first stud, to make what has been described as the lease of the harness. This change of motion is effected by reversing the motions of the wheels and chucks on the first and second studs, as fully described above, and by the closing of the spring switch 0 before described, which closes the track back of the second stud the moment the carrier passes it, and therefore compels the carrier to take the track back of the first stud. The operations of forming the tie around the band on the first stud will be the reverse of the one first described, but the operations will be the same. By this alternate reversing of the action of the carriers to form the lease, the knots or ties on this band will be alternately reversed.

It is usual in making heddles to mark every nineteenth haddle, which, by hand, is done by introducing a string called a bier string. Instead of this I mark every nineteenth heddle with any suitable liquid dye contained in a cup by means of a marker 0, which dips therein. This marker is on the end of a slide adapted to work in suitable ways on the frame. It is moved back and forward by the lever F which is held back by a spring, and pushed forward, at the required time,by a tappet z",on the shaft D represented by dotted lines in Fig. 1. But as this shaft makes one complete rotation for each heddle, and the marker is required to be operated only once for every nineteenth heddle, the lever F is moved laterally on its fulcrum pin to bring it within range of action of a tappet a, at the required time,

by means of a lever y, connected therewith by means of a rod j and this lever j, is acted upon at the required time by a tappet f, on a counting wheel 6, of nineteen cogs which engages a worm .on the shaft 0. This worm is so proportioned as to carry the wheel one cog for each heddle and the marker 0, is moved forward out of the liquid dye and brought in contact with every nineteenth heddle to make a mark thereon, which I prefer to the use of a bier string.

Having thus described the purpose of my invention, the mode of construction which I have practisedwith success and the mode of operation for the purpose of forming and tying the knots, forming the eye in each heddle, and around the bands, of determining the size of the eye, and dischargingthem when completed, of holding the twines to complete the knots around the bands, of forming, what is called, the lease of the harness, and finally of marking every nineteenth heddle or other determined number;

1 wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the special construction or arrangement of parts as described;-but that I claim all merely formal variations, performing the same mode of operation by equivalent means.

What I claim as my invention in the within described machine, is

1. The mode of operation, substantially as specified, by means of which each twine is formed in a loop, and the spool, or its equivalent, carrylng such twine, carried through such loop to form a knot, and then the spool, or its equivalent, which carries the other twine passed through such loop that the twine thus carried through may be gripped therein when the knot is drawn tight, thus forming the eye of two twines with a knot in each gripping the other twine, as herein set forth. I

2. And I also claim the mode of operation, substantially as herein described, for determining the size of the eyes by closing the knots on the two fingers, or their equivalents, whereby the knots are closed at the proper place on each twine, the two sides of each [Fmsr PRINTED 1913.] v f v eye made of equal length, and any desired number of eyes of the same size, as set forth.

3. And I also claim, in combination with the fingers, or their equivalents, on which the knots are closed, the discharger, or any equivalent therefor, by means of which the knots are discharged from the said fingers as they are drawn tight, as setforth.

4. And I also claim, in combination with the mechanism for forming the knots, substantially as herein described the employment of pincers, substantially as described,

or any equivalent therefor, for holding the twines tight after the knots at each end of the eye have been closed, and during the operation of drawingthe twines tight around the bands, as set forth.

5; And I also claim, the mode of oper: ation, substantially as described, by means of which the twines are wrapped around the bands in succession, and formed eachinto a loop, through which the spool, or its equivalent, for carrying the twine is passed,to effectthe tie, substantially as described.

6. And I also claim, the mode of operation, substantially as described, for forming what is termed the lease of the harness, by reversing the motions of the spools, or their equivalents, for carrying the twines, thus carrying the twines alternately on opposite sides of one band, asset forth.

7 And I also claim, the method, substantially as herein described, of mounting the heddles, as they are formed, on the slats or rods by suspending. the said slats or rods above the machine and attaching the bands,

to which the heddles are-tied in the process of formation, to a sliclding bar, or its equivalent, which is elevated as the heddles are formed, as set forth.

8. And finally I claim, the method of marking every nineteenth (or any other number) of heddles, by means of the marker receiving motion in the manner, substantially as specified, or by equivalent means.

JOSEPH S. WINSOR.

Witnesses:

VVM. H. BISHOP, HENRY G. BANKS. 

